Cotton chopper



J. 'M. WAHDLAW. I COTTON CHOPREB. APPLICATION HLD MAR- 7. 1921.

Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

Gotten C slkilldih the; art to:

insure ease jofaoperatibn.

' Other: objects and adva drawings. -In--the dmwings;"

' Figure 1 isa top plahQVieW'oifl .cqtlqon' chopper embodying thepiesent i nventiofii Figure 2 isa vertical-section .,th1"oughthej cotton chopper in a plane includingthe axis-- .bf the chopper drum and a pair of chop- With this construction,"itjwillfibf pers.

, V Figure 3' isaw hert i 'c al 'sectien through the shoppe; midway" of ends and'at r ight 'a'n'glesf 'to its'axis.

f Referring-110W to. the idrawmgsfthe" pres entimplement;- comprises a. U- shapeld' frame I and. is provided at I-the bite of thei U with a, draftlappliance -'1-1" and havixig at the 'free and rear'wardly -;,divergent jrhandles' 12,

I fixed'th'ereto is an axle 13.

In the shell 1 are fermed jequgllyfspaced m n i ii fi er- 4 1: 5 5 I thfibixghE the mediu'imgo vented certam leyv'f fien stationary ithe ge r- 245E118" iot'dted, thl s e shell has :rolled. uffidenu jfa'r 1 caiiij the Shaft 21, p0 that tee -Wi-thin eaohbeating:sleir 1,9

, mean/elapse sented; i I

extent. as to engage only such of the heveled gQBELIQS 24' qt the shafi 21- esIemajfbeiifl}ppsl'; b1011 toengageitheii' respective"hoeswith t groundduringchbppingpperatio the; segmental: gay 25" and: theiilatt 1 1g ,g n l v It will-hehnderstoodithat byiireason-of the fa'c'tthat jghe' o'rbits {if therhbesj have closely approached; each l othei,-- thsgreuridgis "very" thbroughly worked 5mm the: he'adBZ 0f ne the'next shaft; ill

have liberated contact;

" 1. A cotton chopper comprising a hollow ;cottonachop'perv comprising a 'roalso he understoodthat that portion of the ground corresponding to -the'area or a; holf low shaft, will not be Worked and thus, after 7 the implement has traversed a row there will be spacedpatches of'unworkedgroundthat -will represent the unmolested plants that .are to remain.

previously'stated the shell lhas end a V i radiating 'fia nges l5." .lh'ese flanges serve-to '10. partially sustain the aveightof the imple- :ment so that the chopping hoes may not he I 1 :undnly opposed *in. their ."operati'onr ;v 1 r I IllHWillf bBfIlQted. tllitllflil the use ofthis implement; the vplants that are Qpermitted to 3 a stand, are; absolutely protected against molestation byfoperation of the hoes, the;

shellsrand;thebearing sleeves andjthe hol :low shafts serving to preventdirt and plants jlihatjfal e droppedzont -i'rom being thrownonto -oragainst? theplants that are to remain."

ope-n ended shaft having chopping hoesr rof r'tatingtherefrom,meansflforpositioning the V 5 forirot'ating theshaft and therewith its hoes hollowshaft-over a plant to stand and means;

:tOChOpOIltIOthGI plants.

V ;2. .Ai5cotton-chopper comprlsing a, rotatable carrier, aplurality" of hollow shaftsjroltatably; mounted in the 1 carrierain, position kfor successive; placement about correspondf aing plants to stand each ofrthe shafts having chopping hoes disposed toi'chop' out plants 'adj'acentztheiplant to stand and means for rotating'the shafts.

low' open ended sha ,4, A cotton chopper comprising a frame, a

'frame and having openings' 'therein; hollow openings, .chiopping hoes rotating from each open ended? shafts rotatably mounted in-the tatahlefshell having openings th'e rein ahol *t' rotatablyg mounted in eac'h'opening and having rotating hosefat' its outer end and for'rotatingthe iq i cylindrical shell rotatably mounted 'in the f fshaft exteriorly of the shell, a gearrcarried 1 by each shaftwithinthej shell 'andiaisreg o r 7 mental gear in fixed relation to: the; frame ancldisp osed for engagement bythe said shaft pgear successively for V rotation, with vhaving open s *l herein i s ve iiifis d dially ofthe shell and in registration With itheopenings respectively, hollow open end ng 1' ed shafts lrotatablypmounteflj. within; the a sleevesv anclhaving chopping hoes 'exteriorly' of the shell; gears carried by the. inner :endportions of the, shafts" and :a segmental gear them andthenwithgtheirshaftiand hoes ,5. A- c otton chopper cornprising a; frame,

ashell rotatably mountedin the frame and carried by theft-rams nal anat e a and];

disposed in ,position with; engagement the shaft gears successively. -for rotating them.

ture, in thev presence of twofwitness es an mm, L. P. THOMBSQNLZ;

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